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Race Historian, Activist Among 2003 MacArthur Fellows

Race Historian, Activist Among 2003 MacArthur FellowsCHICAGOAn historian whose work focuses on the role of race in the social and cultural evolution of Egyptian identity and modern Islamic society is among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Dr. Eve Troutt Powell, an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, along with 23 others […]

November 5, 2003

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Retiring UC President Criticizes Dropping Affirmative Action

Retiring UC President Criticizes Dropping Affirmative Action SAN FRANCISCOUniversity of California President Richard C. Atkinson is leaving his post the same way he came in, firmly opposed to banning race and gender from the admissions process. “I continue to believe those were the wrong decisions,” Atkinson said last month in a written farewell presented to […]

October 8, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Diversity in Print

Diversity in PrintWhat Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher EducationBy Frank W. Hale Jr. (ed.); Foreword by William E. KirwanStylus Publishing, July 2003, 320 pp., $59.95 cloth, ISBN I-57922-066-5;$23.95 paper, ISBN 1-57922-067-3Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., known for his pioneering efforts in establishing Ohio State University as one of the top producers of African American […]

September 24, 2003

Students

When Academia Meets Activism

When Academia Meets ActivismHarvard’s Color Lines conference draws nearly 1,000 participants to share new insights, data on the nation’s agenda on raceBy Ronald RoachCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Labor Day weekend is not the time of year one would expect hundreds of professors, graduate students and other education professionals to be encamped under a white tent at the Harvard […]

September 24, 2003

Students

Diversity: Here Today, More Tomorrow

Diversity: Here Today, More TomorrowROCKVILLE, Md.Haniee Chung, a 22-year-old spring honors graduate of Montgomery College, has an outlook on diversity that might sound strange to her elders.“We’re used to it,” she says. “Really, a lot of people my age don’t think about the question of diversity much at all.”Since the landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings […]

September 24, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Truth and Consequences

Truth and ConsequencesIn the Michigan aftermath, the real fight begins as local institutions work to apply the Supreme Court ruling to meet their campuses’ individual needs and/or restrictionsBy Kendra HamiltonMonths prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, anti-affirmative action forces had begun contesting scholarship programs, “transitional” programs, and […]

September 24, 2003

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New University of Michigan Undergrad Admissions

New University of Michigan Undergrad Admissions Policy Modeled After Law School’s ANN ARBOR, Mich.Race remains a factor in the University of Michigan’s new admissions policy that asks more detailed questions of applicants but doesn’t use a point system in an effort to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. “We continue to believe in gathering […]

September 24, 2003

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Racial Privacy Initiative: A Threat to Civil Rights

Racial Privacy Initiative: A Threat to Civil RightsBy Dr. Jamillah MooreIt is saddening to read that California will take the lead in proposing yet another divisive initiative for the ballot. The Golden State has led the way on controversial issues of vouchers, immigration and affirmative action. Now the American Civil Rights Institute, founded by Ward […]

September 10, 2003

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University of Texas Campuses Can Make The Choice on Affirmative Action

University of Texas Campuses Can Make The Choice on Affirmative Action SAN ANTONIOThe University of Texas Board of Regents earlier this month approved a policy that allows individual campuses within the UT System to decide whether to adopt affirmative-action criteria in admissions. Authority may be further decentralized to separate colleges and even academic departments within […]

August 27, 2003

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Affirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say

Affirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say PITTSBURGHThe U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the use of race as a factor in college admissions was a victory for affirmative action supporters, but they say the fight will continue in state legislatures and on ballot initiatives. “We cannot be sanguine about this fight,” said […]

August 27, 2003

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UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed Events

UC Regent Ward Connerly Dealt Setback Over Ethnic-Themed EventsSAN FRANCISCO University of California regents handed fellow board member and activist Ward Connerly a defeat last month, voting down his proposal to stop funding ethnic graduations and gay freshman orientation. Connerly, who led the fight to drop race-conscious admissions some years ago, had tried to withdraw […]

August 13, 2003

Sports

Young College Athletes See ‘Raceless’ World, Study Says

Young College Athletes See ‘Raceless’ World, Study SaysNASHVILLE, Tenn. A new study showing similar levels of agreement among White and Black college athletes that racial and ethnic discrimination is no longer a problem bucks more than 70 years of social science trends relating to racial perceptions of discrimination. The report, “There’s No Race on the Playing […]

August 13, 2003